CANALISE is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CANALISE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CANALISE?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CANALISE is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CANALISE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CANALISE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in CANALISE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so CANALISE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does CANALISE mean in Scrabble?
verb
British
To turn a river into a navigable canal, or to direct something into a particular channel.
Engineers canalise a stream by straightening and deepening it so boats can pass. The figurative sense is about steering energy, anger or resources towards a single goal.
How CANALISE is used
British spelling, used both literally in engineering and figuratively.
- The council voted to canalise the river through the town.
- She tried to canalise her nervous energy into her studies.
- Plans to canalise the stream were abandoned for cost reasons.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CANALISE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CANALISE
2 longer words begin with CANALISE.
Shorter words from the letters in CANALISE
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Common questions about CANALISE
- Is CANALISE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CANALISE, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CANALISE worth?
- CANALISE is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CANALISE mean?
- To turn a river into a navigable canal, or to direct something into a particular channel.
- What letters can be added to CANALISE?
- CANALISE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of CANALISE:
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